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Chapel Hill Tire Gives $1,000 in Car Services to 12 Days of Christmas Winners

Posted by Daniela Ocampo | Dec 21, 2017 | Business

Chapel Hill Tire is spreading holiday cheer with their 12 Days of Christmas car care giveaway of $1,000 to 12 nominated winners. Chapel Hill Tire owner Marc Pons said the company asked for nominations in November of deserving...

Varsity Theatre Changing to First-Run Movies

Posted by Blake Hodge | Dec 20, 2017 | Business

The Varsity Theatre in Chapel Hill is changing formats to become a first-run movie theatre. This change will bring new releases to the theatre that has recently has been showing films once they are through their new release...

Longtime Chapel Hill Store Closing

Posted by Blake Hodge | Dec 15, 2017 | Business

University Place in Chapel Hill is losing a business that has been operating in the mall for the last 34 years. Kitchenworks owner and founder Martha Marsh Jenkins said in a Facebook post that “It is with a heavy heart that I...

Second Locally Owned Store in Chapel Hill’s Village Plaza Closing

Posted by Blake Hodge | Dec 6, 2017 | Business

Another locally owned store in Chapel Hill’s Village Plaza shopping center is closing. Local “eco-retailer” Twig is closing its location in the shopping center on Elliot Road. A release from the business points to the “owners of...

Carrboro’s Weaver Street Market Planning Raleigh Location

Posted by Blake Hodge | Dec 6, 2017 | Business

Carrboro-based Weaver Street Market is expanding outside of Orange County for the first time. The co-op food market officially announced Wednesday it would be opening a location at The Dillon in Raleigh late in the summer of...

Guglhupf Opens Chapel Hill Location

Posted by Blake Hodge | Nov 28, 2017 | Business

Durham-based Guglhupf Bakery, Café & Restaurant officially opened a retail bake shop in Chapel Hill on Tuesday. The 1,250-square-foot space in Eastgate Shopping Center has been the long-announced destination of expansion...

UNC Grad Named to Forbes 30 Under 30

Posted by Kelly Fahey | Nov 27, 2017 | Business

UNC graduate Patrick Mateer has been named to Forbes 30 under 30 List for Social Entrepreneurs, a list that recognizes young entrepreneurs leading businesses as a way to create positive change throughout the world. Mateer’s...

Chapel Hill and Carrboro Celebrate Small Business Saturday

Posted by Kelly Fahey | Nov 24, 2017 | Business

The town of Chapel Hill is urging citizens to shop local on this year’s Small Business Saturday. The Town Council delivered a proclamation last week to Cameron’s Gallery owner Bridget Pemberton-Smith and Spirit Guide at Top of...

Future of Chelsea Theater Uncertain

Posted by Kelly Fahey | Nov 20, 2017 | Business

With the end of the Chelsea Theater’s current five-year lease looming, the future of the Chapel Hill stalwart for independent films remains uncertain. The theater released a statement suggesting that its current owner Bruce...

Chapel Hill’s Grimball Jewelers Closing

Posted by Blake Hodge | Nov 13, 2017 | Business

Longtime Chapel Hill jewelry store Grimball Jewelers is closing. Owner Berkley Grimball made the announcement official in a Facebook post on Saturday. Grimball said this has been “the most difficult decision of my life” when...

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